Exploring the history, technology, and legacy of video game consoles
In February 1994, boxes of a brand-new game console sat finished in a manufacturing facility in the Philippines, built, tested,…
September 21, 2026Every Nintendo 64 controller is now at least 29 years old, and the analog stick inside it was never built…
September 16, 2026
The Sega Dreamcast reached the sixth generation more than a year before the PlayStation 2, and for a brief moment…
September 13, 2026
Nintendo shipped a $59.99 palm-sized box with 30 games built in, and within days it was reselling for triple that…
September 10, 2026
The Sony PlayStation launched in the US on September 9, 1995, at $299. Four years later, the Sega Dreamcast launched…
September 8, 2026
Video games moved from arcade curiosities to the dominant entertainment medium across roughly four decades. They reshaped popular culture by…
September 7, 2026
A handheld game console is a self-contained portable gaming device with a built-in screen, controls, and battery, designed to be…
September 6, 2026
A well-dressed man in his forties stares into the camera, unimpressed, and says a computer just ran side-by-side tests comparing…
September 5, 2026
A game cartridge works by giving the console direct access to a memory chip that permanently stores the game. Rather…
September 4, 2026
No other month has launched as many genuinely important consoles as September, and it starts with the format itself. The…
September 2, 2026